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<p>A rangy, north-south skater who goes to the net hunting for goals, Jimmy Hayes&rsquo; approach to hockey couldn&rsquo;t be simpler. But the 6-foot-5, 215-pound winger has taken a serpentine path to reach his dream job.</p>
<p>Well traveled at age 26, Hayes has played in USA Hockey&rsquo;s National Development Program, Under-17 and Under-18 international competitions, a Five Nations tournament, two World Championships, three seasons at Boston College, and has been the property to four NHL organizations.</p>
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<h5><strong>JIMMY HAYES #11</strong></h5>
<p><strong>Position: </strong>Forward<strong><br />Shoots: </strong>Right<strong><br />Height: </strong>6-foot-5<strong><br />Weight: </strong>215 pounds<strong><br />Birth Date: </strong>Nov. 21, 1989<strong><br />Hometown: </strong>Boston<strong><br />College Hockey: </strong>Boston College<strong><br />USA Hockey History: </strong>Played two seasons in the U.S. National Team Development Program (2006-07 and 2007-08) prior to attending Boston College. Represented the U.S. at the 2009 World Junior Championship and the 2014 World Championship.<strong><br /></strong></p>
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<p>He is hoping his current job as a top-nine forward with his hometown Boston Bruins is his last one for a while.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The first couple of years I don&rsquo;t want to say [were] a struggle for me, but I was just going up and down between the minors and the NHL, trying to figure out what you were,&rdquo; Hayes says. &ldquo;My biggest thing was try to learn [consistency] every night, or else somebody else will be knocking on your spot.&rdquo;</p>
<p>ayes, who came to Boston in a July 1 trade with the Florida Panthers, and his 23-year-old brother Kevin of the New York Rangers, grew up in the Neponset section of Dorchester, the most populated of Boston&rsquo;s 23 neighborhoods.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I lived less than a mile from the Neponset [Devine] rink,&rdquo; said Jimmy, who skated with his pals on Lake Archer in Wrentham, a flooded tennis court in Walpole, as well as on one near Noble and Greenough prep school where he spent his sophomore year of high school.</p>
<p>&ldquo;My parents would drive me everywhere,&rdquo; says Hayes, who considers the hockey community to be an extended family.</p>
<p>His real family includes former NHL players Tom Fitzgerald and Keith Tkachuk, Tom&rsquo;s brother Scott Fitzgerald, the Bruins&rsquo; director of amateur scouting, and BC junior centerman Ryan, Tom&rsquo;s son and a 2011 Bruins draft pick.</p>
<p>&ldquo;All are cousins on my mom&rsquo;s side,&rdquo;&nbsp; Hayes says.</p>
<p>Proud of his Beantown area roots, Hayes wears No. 11 in honor of his friend Corey Griffin, who died in a drowning accident in August 2014.</p>
<p>During his time at Boston College, Hayes won two out of three Beanpots and two Hockey East titles, sharing the last of those with Kevin, who attended BC from 2010-14.</p>
<p>&ldquo;My brother went 4-for-4 [in Beanpots],&rdquo; notes the elder Hayes, who chose the Eagles because he liked the fit. So did Kevin, who also won an NCAA Championship (2012) on the Heights.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I think it was a little easier for him with me being there already, but that was the school that he wanted to go to, too,&rdquo; says Jimmy, whose grandfather attended archrival Boston University.</p>
<p>By mid-November, Hayes was on pace for his first 20-goal NHL season, but his hometown team was 8-7-1 overall and had only won twice on home ice. Still, he finds himself answering for the Bruins&rsquo; uneven start during meet-and-greets with family, friends and fans.</p>
<p>&ldquo;It comes with the territory, I guess,&rdquo; Hayes says. &ldquo;You&rsquo;d rather go home and see your parents with a win, but now we&rsquo;ll start establishing our home record.&rdquo;</p>
<h6>Mick Colageo covers the Boston Bruins for the New Bedford (Mass.) Standard Times.</h6>
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<h3>YOUTH STAR<br /></h3>
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<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/sites/default/files/images/FL_YS_Ryan-D1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail " width="100" height="94" /></span>&nbsp; <strong>Ryan Devald<br />&nbsp; Age: 11<br />&nbsp; North Tonawanda N.Y.</strong><br />&nbsp; <br />&nbsp;&nbsp; Ryan Devald led his Peewee Minor Niagara Junior Purple Eagles team in assists, but he doesn&rsquo;t just like assisting his teammates.</p>
<p>The 11-year-old is also a part of K-Kids, a program designed to develop character education opportunities as well as giving exposure to the concepts of community service and service learning. Picking up trash and making Valentine&rsquo;s Day cards for elders are just a couple of the tasks Ryan has been involved in.</p>
<p>&ldquo;It gives us an opportunity to do something that will help the community,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;People started seeing what we were doing and asked for our help.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The western New York native has also been awarded the Falcon Pride Award, which is given to top students that exhibit educational achievement, character and drive, and was selected to receive the President&rsquo;s Award for Educational Excellence.</p>
<p>Ryan&rsquo;s father, Jason, is proud of what his son does, on and off the ice. Ryan has shown a knack for killing penalties while leading his team to the division championship in the Western New York Amateur Hockey League.</p>
<p>&ldquo;My goal is to be known for my team,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Not to be a person who gets a point every couple games.&rdquo;</p>
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Hayes Ready To Go The Distance </div>
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<p><span class="inline inline-right"><img src="http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/sites/default/files/images/0712_amstar1JimHayes.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-_original " width="216" height="312" /></span>Like many hockey hopefuls, Jimmy Hayes left behind the life he knew to pursue a dream.</p>
<p>Born and raised in the Boston area, the 18-year-old said good-bye to family and friends, teammates and schoolmates two years ago when he packed up his hockey bag and moved to Ann Arbor, Mich., to join the National Team Development Program.</p>
<p>While the transition to a new home, a new school, a new team, and a new family, all in a new state has been relatively smooth, there were still some adjustments that needed to be made. </p>
<p>For one, his previous school, the Nobles and Greenough School near Boston, had a total of 500 students for both middle and high school. He now attends Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, which has more than 3,000.</p>
<p>And, when he first moved in with his billet family, Hayes recalls that he was too shy to even open the refrigerator because &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t really sure if I could.&rdquo;</p>
<p>As time went on, Hayes and his new family got more and more comfortable with each other and he now has no problem raiding the fridge after school.</p>
<p>Still, it&rsquo;s on the ice where he feels at home. And why not? He&rsquo;s been on the ice as long as he can remember. His grandfather taught him how to skate when he was somewhere around 2 or 3 years old. He played on his first organized hockey team at 5, and has been obsessed ever since.</p>
<p>As a youngster, he was always either playing hockey or daydreaming about it. It&rsquo;s &ldquo;just what I was always wanting to do,&rdquo; says the talented forward.</p>
<p>When he reached the seventh grade and realized that he had a chance to continue playing in high school, he suddenly started taking the game very seriously. After weighing his academic and athletic options, Hayes found himself attending Nobles, one of the most prestigious prep schools in the Boston area.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Once I made the varsity team, I knew that [hockey] was a part of me and is something that I always want to do,&rdquo; says Hayes, who has already committed to play for the <br />Boston College Eagles next season.</p>
<p>The next logical step on Hayes&rsquo; career path was the NTDP, which has been developing many of the nation&rsquo;s top players for 11 years.</p>
<p>Hayes earned three points in five games on his first outing with the U.S. Under-17 Team in 2005. His first international hockey experience ended up a gold-medal conquest as Team USA swept the 2005 Four Nations Challenge.</p>
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<h3 class="feature_headline_smaller">Jimmy Hayes<br /></h3>
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<p class="textlinkblack"><strong>FORWARD<br />Shoots:</strong> <strong>Right<br /> Hometown: Dorchester, Mass</strong><strong><br /> Height: </strong>6-foot-5<strong><br /> Weight: </strong>210 pounds <strong><br /> Birthdate: </strong>Nov. 21, 1989<strong><br /> College: </strong>Committed to Boston College <strong>Draft Status: </strong>Eligible for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft<strong><br /></strong></p>
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<p>&ldquo;It was my first time playing international hockey for my country. It was such a thrill. Then we ended up taking gold, so it was pretty fun,&rdquo; he says.</p>
<p>After deferring his offer to join the U.S. Under-18&nbsp; Team in 2005 due to a family situation, Hayes jumped at the opportunity to again join the team for the 2006-07 season. In 56 games he recorded 45 points.</p>
<p>As his second and final season with the U.S. Under-18 Team gets under way, the 6-foot-5-inch, 210-pounder is ready to take his game to the next level. While he is too old to compete in international tournaments with his Under-18 squad, Hayes skated on the U.S. Junior Select Team that competed at the 2007 World Junior A Challenge in November.</p>
<p>Still, while hockey has taken Hayes far from home, he will always be a Boston boy at heart. Each summer, Hayes returns home to Dorchester, Mass., to play in a baseball league with his buddies. </p>
<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s more fun than anything,&rdquo; says Hayes of his summertime break from the rink, adding with a laugh that he usually plays first base or pitches, &ldquo;you know, when the good pitchers get tired.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><strong>FORWARD<br />Hometown: </strong>Flemington, N.J.<strong><br />Age: </strong>13<strong><br />Nickname: </strong>Booty<strong><br />Career Highlights:<br /></strong>Cody started playing at the age of 3. He is a first-year Bantam playing with the New Jersey Renegades. His coaches Cliff Graziano, Sr., and son, Cliff, Jr., are impressed with Cody&rsquo;s raw talent and natural skill for the game. Cody is a natural leader and unselfish playmaker who comes up big in the biggest games.</p>
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